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Op. 27 No 1, Nocturne in C# minor

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b. 5

composition: Op. 27 No 1, Nocturne in C# minor

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We add a cautionary natural before e2. This sign is also supplemented in EE.

category imprint: Differences between sources; Editorial revisions

b. 5-13

composition: Op. 27 No 1, Nocturne in C# minor

GE (→FE→EE): semiquaver after the last note of the triplet

Notation in keeping with Chopin's understanding of this figure
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In bar 5 in GE (→FE→EE) the semiquaver in the figure  is moved to after the third note of the triplet in the accompaniment, similarly in bars 9, 11 & 13. This inauthentic notation, misleading for the performer, was used throughout the Nocturne – cf. bars 15, 51, 88, 89.

See the chapter devoted to this topic in: Jan Ekier, Introduction to the National Edition, Editorial Issues.

category imprint: Interpretations within context

issues: GE revisions , Dotted rhythms and triplets

b. 6

composition: Op. 27 No 1, Nocturne in C# minor

Chopin’s fingering FED

No teaching fingering provided
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category imprint: Differences between sources

issues: Annotations in teaching copies , Annotations in FED

b. 6

composition: Op. 27 No 1, Nocturne in C# minor

No mark in GE (→FE)

Accent in EE
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The accent in EE is certainly an arbitrary addition by the publisher, introduced by analogy with an authentic accent in similar bar 89.

category imprint: Differences between sources

issues: EE revisions

b. 8

composition: Op. 27 No 1, Nocturne in C# minor

A slur in GE (→FE) 

EE
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In EE, the slur erroneously extends only to e sharp2.

category imprint: Differences between sources

issues: EE inaccuracies